Readers of British murder mysteries, from Arthur Conan Doyles to P. D. Jamess, will devour this history of the worlds most famous police agency. Jeffers ( Who Killed Precious? ) does a grand job of mingling facts about the Yard--its founding in 1829, the appointment of the first detectives in 1842 and the formation of the Special Branch in 1883--with the tales of Britains most famous criminals: Jack the Ripper (the unsolved murders still rankle at the Yard); Dr. Neil Cream, a serial murderer of prostitutes; those behind the Moors Murders, the most horrible sadists in the Yards records; Reginald Christie, who killed at least six women and set a moron up to be executed for some of them; trunk murderers, drug dealers and IRA terrorists. Lovers of crime writing both true and fictional wont want to miss this. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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